Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) witnessed an uptrend early Tuesday amid purchases by local investors.
By 10:30 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index leveled up 21 points, or 0.14%, to 15,118 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index inched up 0.08% to 707.8 points, while the broader EGX100 index added 0.10% to 1,791.9 points.
Likewise, the equal-weighted EGX50 index went up 0.25% to 2,461.4 points.
Egyptian investors were mostly buyers, netting EGP 3.5 million, whereas foreign and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 1.2 million and EGP 2.3 million, respectively.
Meanwhile, trading volume amounted to around 33 million shares exchanged through 2,200 transactions at a turnover of EGP 99.3 million.
Oriental Weavers Carpet led rising blue-chip stocks early Tuesday with 3.1%, while Palm hills topped decliners with 0.34%.
